Skip to main content
. 2020 Mar 29;20:114. doi: 10.1186/s12877-020-1498-z

Table 2.

R squared values and percentages of variance explained per comorbidity index

Simple linear regression EMS at discharge
R2 (% of variance)
EMS gain/day
R2 (% of variance)
BI at discharge
R2 (% of variance)
BI gain/day
R2 (% of variance)
CCI 0.042 [−0.034–0.118] (4.2%) 0.006 [− 0.024–0.036] (0.6%) 0.037 [− 0.035–0.109] (3.7%) 0.001 [− 0.011–0.013] (0.1%)
Original FCI 0.043 [− 0.034–0.120] (4.3%) 0.051 [− 0.032–0.134] (5.1%) 0.008 [− 0.026–0.042] (0.8%) 0.007 [− 0.025–0.039] (0.7%)
Weighted FCI 0.216 [0.075–0.357] (21.6%) 0.122 [0.003–0.241] (12.2%) 0.192 [0.055–0.329] (19.2%) 0.036 [− 0.035–0.107] (3.6%)
Multiple linear regression model
 CCI + age & gender 0.094 [− 0.011–0.199] (9.4%) 0.177 [0.046–0.308] (17.7%) 0.107 [− 0.004–0.218] (10.7%) 0.125 [0.008–0.242] (12.5%)
 Original FCI + age & gender 0.082 [− 0.018–0.342] (8.2%) 0.184 [0.051–0.317] (18.4%) 0.080 [− 0.019–0.179] (8.0%) 0.126 [0.008–0.244] (12.6%)
 w-FCI + age & gender 0.246 [0.104–0.388] (21.8%) 0.242 [0.101–0.383] (24.3) 0.227 [0.087–0.367] (22.7%) 0.137 [0.016–0.258] (13.7%)
 CCI + age, gender & function on admission 0.423 [0.282–0.564] (42.3%) 0.199 [0.065–0.342] (19.9%) 0.460 [0.323–0.597] (46.0%) 0.131 [0.013–0.249] (13.1%)
 Original FCI + age, gender & function on admission 0.423 [0.282–0.564] (42.3%) 0.207 [0.072–0.342] (20.7) 0.463 [0.326–0.600] (46.3%) 0.132 [0.014–0.250] (13.2%)
 w-FCI + age, gender & function on admission 0.487 [0.353–0.621] (48.7%) 0.291 [0.148–0.434] (29.1%) 0.470 [0.334–0.606] (47.0%) 0.160 [0.034–0.286] (16.0%)

Abbreviations: EMS elderly mobility scale, FCI functional comorbidity index